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Serjeant JOHN EDWARD POTTS

Service Number: 50083
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

"D" Bty. 107th Bde.

Date of Death

Died 04 August 1917

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GODEWAERSVELDE BRITISH CEMETERY

I. C. 27.

France

CH

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CH (sop)

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CH + PM (additional burial?) (Gravel)

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CH (Planted)

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CH

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CH

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CH

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CH + PM (Gravel with raised kerb)

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CH

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Headstone

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Headstone for Stanley Brown, born 1923 Mirfield, son of Joseph & Jane Ethel Brown, (death not in GROs)

Photographer: John Ellam

Headstone for Reginald Coultard, born 1914 Mirfield, son of Tom & Ada Coultard, (died at Wakefield Emergency Hospital)

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Headstone for Donald Gibbs, born 1906 Malton, son of Thomas Richard & Beatrice Maud Gibbs, married Mary White 1936 and they had 4 children

Photographer: John Ellam

PM for Stephen Hargreaves, born 9 May 1906 Mirfield, son of John Edward & Ada Oates Hargreaves, married Gladys Mary Weaving 1937 and they had 1 daughter, (died at Mirfield Memorial Hospital)

Photographer: John Ellam

PM for Stephen Hargreaves, born 9 May 1906 Mirfield, son of John Edward & Ada Oates Hargreaves, married Gladys Mary Weaving 1937 and they had 1 daughter, (died at Mirfield Memorial Hospital)

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Headstone for Stanley Hepworth, born 1901, ( the burial register as father as William Hepworth but I think born 28 November 1900 Flash Lane Mirfield, baptised 6 January 1901 Mirfield, son of Albert & Mary Agnes Hepworth, married Elizabeth O'Donnell 25 December 1920 Ravensthorpe and the had 2 children), (death registered at Gosport)

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Headstone for Martin Iredale, born 1895, son of George & ? Iredale, (died at Scunthorpe Memorial Hospital), (he is said to have been born in Sheffield but the only record of his existence is his death in GRO and his entry in Mirfield burial register)

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Headstone for Donald Ledgard, born 1920 Mirfield, son of Joseph & Mary Elizabeth Ledgard, (death registered at Grimsby)

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PM for James Leith Matthews, born 15 March 1922 Mirfield, son of James Leith & Hilda Matthews, (died Gravesend R.A.F. Station)

Photographer: John Ellam

PM for James Leith Matthews, born 15 March 1922 Mirfield, son of James Leith & Hilda Matthews, (died Gravesend R.A.F. Station)

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Headstone of William Henry Morton, born 12 March 1923 Mirfield, son of Clarence Hirst & Martha Morton, (died Folkestone Royal Victoria Hospital)

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Headstone for George Lewis Nunn, born 1922 Mirfield, son of Percy Ellis & Ruth Nunn, (death registered at Cambridge)

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Headstone for Squire Walker Rathmell, born 30 August 1901 Broomer Street Ravensthorpe, baptised 16 October 1901 Ravensthorpe, son of Clifford Walker & Harriet Rathmell and they had 2 children, married Clara Bottomley 1935, (death registered at Lothingland)

Photographer: John Ellam

Headstone for Jonathan Walker, born 13 August 1912 Mirfield, son of Amos & Annie Walker, married Florrie Joy 1939 and they had 2 children, (death was registered at Brentwood)

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Headstone for James Willie Whiteley, born 1921 Mirfield, son of Samuel Gauntley & Mary Annice Whiteley, (died at 21 Greenside Estate Mirfield)

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Headstone for Arthur Wilby, born 1910 Fawcete Yard Church Street Wakefield, baptised 13 July 1910 Thornes, son of John Arthur & Minerva Wilby, married Eveline Clegg 1936 and they had 3 children

Photographer: John Ellam

Taken 17/04/23

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Moorthorpe Cemetery, Yorkshire - January 2022

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CWGC HEADSTONE

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FAMILY HEADSTONE

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HEADSTONE

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Private Patricia FOX, the only female WW2 casualty commemorated in this cemetery. Died 8th March 1943 Age 20yrs

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CWGC HEADSTONE

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CWGC HEADSTONE

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FAMILY HEADSTONE

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CWGC HEADSTONE

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FAMILY HEADSTONE

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PRIVATE MEMORIAL

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Edward and Mary Potts.
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Buried or commemorated at

GODEWAERSVELDE BRITISH CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 991
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